Amherst Regional High School - Goldbug Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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ms ORF HIS is the story of a class that does things. We have moved not moun- tains, but principals, perhaps not by our faith, but somehow we have moved them. The way we did things does not matter, but the fact that we did them does. During the summer of 1015 a call came out for volunteers to fill up the depleted ranks — I mean class rooms — of the Old High School. How we responded! We mobilized on the common and advanced in good order on our enemies, the pre- ceding class. Cowed by this display of force they made no attempts upon our safety and we marched upstairs to the Assembly Hall, where we were met by other delegations. W hen a census had been taken our population was found to exceed ninety, the largest class in the history of the School. For several days the Sopho- mores made ineffectual attacks but they evidently wearied soon of their fruitless efforts. Mr. Marshall very kindly called a class meeting for us and we elected the follow- ing officers for the year: President — Donald Shumw.- y; I ' ice-President — Harold Wheeler; Secretary — Eleanor Eastman; Treasurer — Ruth Philipss He also chose a pin committee for us and the wisdom of their choice of pin is shown by the pride with which they are worn by those who still possess them. Before long we were introduced to that horror of horrors, freshmen rhetoricals. The scene is the Assembly Hall; the English teacher reads the name of the first speaker. The victim rises, marches to the front, addresses the wall, stops, turns to th.e class and begins again, only to cease, pondering the difficulty. At length it dawns upon him — his poem has a title. This difficulty over, he recommences, gasps, swallows, and goes on. His high, squeaky voice can scarcely be heard in the front seats but it sounds to him like thundei. He sees directed toward him ninety pairs of laughing, mocking eyes. The embryonic orator pales, his knees shake visibly but he bravely stumbles on. Why dwell on the misery of a fellow- classmate. Let us leave the speaker and his speech and pass to happier things. One of the features of our Freshman year was the occasion when the Seniors held our door and we stormed it. Then Mr. Marshall blossomed forth in all his glory. But we forced the door. That year passed quickly and we were beginning to feel at home, when the rilm- ors of a new building became facts and our Sophomore year saw us in the new build- ing with a new principal, Mr. Frank T. Wingate. 23

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Class Census GIRLS CAass Favorite — Sue Paige 57 Best Dancer — Eleanor Eastman 17 Edith Page 10 Prettiest — Catherine Sullivan 18 Eleanor Eastman 8 CAass Flirt — Edith Page Ruth Phillips 14 Hall Stroller — Alice Brooks 16 Sue Paige 15 Last If ' ord in Fashion — Eleanor Eastman 17 Enid Doyle 1 1 Most Pep — Sue Paige 21 Helen Elder 14 Most Brilliant — Eanny Magrath ii 1 lelen Elder 8 Tom Boy — Sue Paige 41 CAass Sweetheart — Mildred Hollis 15 Sue Paige 10 BOYS Most Popular — Don Shumway 16 Henry Hawley 15 Best Athlete — Don Shumway 41 Class Dude — Fred Reed 13 Stephen Duval 7 Best Looker — Fred Reed 20 Howard Butterfield 18 Shyest — Jerry Crowley 15 Roger Baker 8 If’orst Grind — Porter Dickinson 39 Best Fusser — Homer Moody 20 Fred Reed 7 Best Looker {thinks he is) — How ard Butterfield Harold Keefe 9 Most Brilliant — Roger Baker 27 Howard Butterfield 6 Class Sissy — Melbourne Hollis 25 Porter Dickinson 14 MISCELLANEOUS Class Bluff — Howard Butterfield 18 Harold Keefe 14 Jf ' indiest Member — Murchie Mersereau 19 Homer Aloody 9 Most Popular Teacher — Mr. Bailey 40 H ave you had the “Flu A’ — Yes 28 No id 22

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24 Hail! Hail! the Gang’s All Here